Water and fire proof composite roofsng



lUivrrE warns Anna? lTlQEm -WILLIAM UI-IADD, OF WILKESJ3ARR-E, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER AND FERE PROOF COMPOSETE RCOFlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,101, dated May 22, 1.888.

Application filed December 0, E87.

To aZZ whom it may concern-r Be it known that I, WILLIAM (31mm), a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilkes- Barr, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water and Fire Proof Composite Roofing, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in waterproof and fire-proof roofing and siding; and it consists in certain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional View showing the construction and application of my device. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one of the sheets, and Fig. 3 is a detail enlarged view to show more clearly the lap-joint.

Referring to said drawings by letter, A. dcs ignates a portion of the siding or base of the roof.

B designates my improved fire-proof and water-proof material, which is made in sheets of any desired size, and is constructed as follows: Two or more sheets of heavy water-proof paper, 0, are secured together face to face by means of one or more coatings of white lead, D, of the proper consistency to securely join the said sheets of paper and harden into a compact mass. The compound sheet thus The cnterlayer of paper of the Serial No. 257,373. No model.)

compound sheet is so arranged as to form the overlapping edges F, which permits the sheets to be placed together on a structure in abreakjoi nt manner. The meeting edges of thesheets at the joints are smoothed over by a smoothing-tool, and the whole is then painted with a fire-proof compound.

It will be seen that I have provided a very simple compound material which can be manufactured at a slight cost, and is thoroughly water proof and fire-proof. In heavy hail and rain storms there will be no noise made 011 the roofing or siding by the hail or rain, as the material employed deadens and destroys all sound.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The improved roofing and siding herein described and shown,consisting of sheets formed of alternating layers of paper and white lead and provided with overlapping edges, a coating of shellac to secure the same to the base, and a fire-proof coating on the outer faces of the sheets, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM GHADD.

Witnesses:

ERNEST S. Henson, THUS. WHEELER. 

